Editing Columbia, Louisiana (section)

==History==
The land that became Columbia was first cleared by Daniel Humphries in 1827. A store was built a few years later the only settlement between [[Monroe, Louisiana]], and the settlements of the [[Ouachita River#Black River|Black River]] was formed. The harbor became a busy port for shipping cotton by [[steamboat]]s and [[Packet boat]]s until the arrival of the railroad. In February 1864 Columbia was the location of a skirmish between Federal and Confederate troops during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and there are several plantations in the area.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZV3pCAAAQBAJ&dq=Lincecum+Lake%2C+Louisiana&pg=PT528 Google books: ''The WPA Guide to Louisiana: The Pelican State''; "Columbia"]- Retrieved March 11, 2017</ref>